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Pacific Rim Uprising Pushed to March 2018

Those eagerly anticipating the sequel to Legendary Pictures’ 2013 giant-monster film Pacific Rimwill have to wait just a little longer to confront the kaiju threat. The release of Pacific Rim Uprising has been pushed from Feb. 23, 2018, to March 23, 2018.

Had Uprising stuck with its original release date, it would have faced no major competition in its debut. However, the film would’ve stumbled into Marvel’s Black Panther just one week later. Now, not only will it have to fend off Lionsgate’s Robin Hood, it also faces a significant second-weekend dropoff due to competition from Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One.

Set years after the event of the first film, Pacific Rim: Uprising follows Jake Pentecost (Boyega), the son of Idris Elba’s Stacker Pentecost, who witnessed his father’s demise at the end of the original.